Centuries have passed on Dune itself, and
the planet is green with life. Leto, the son of Dune's savior, is still alive but far from
human, and the fate of all humanity hangs on his awesome sacrifice...

I was born Leto Atreides II more
than three thousand standard years ago... My father was Paul Muad'Dib. My mother was his
Fremen consort, Chani.... My paternal grandmother was Jessica, a product of the Bene
Gesserit breeding scheme in their search for a male who could share the powers of the
Sisterhood's Reverend Mothers. ...The Golden Path is the survival of human kind, nothing
more nor less.....this has always been our responsibility. ...This planet of Arrakis from
which I direct my multigalactic Empire is no longer what it was in the days when it was
known as Dune. In those days, the entire planet was a desert. Now, there is just this
little remnant, my Sareer. No longer does the giant sandworm roam free, producing the
spice melange..." -from the Hadi Benotto translation of the volumes discovered at
Dar-es-Balat: